Jephthah and Other Mysteries

170 MYSTERIES: In my veins all their daughters with joy shall be thronging, Burning my blood with desire ; Aye, for I love, with a passion untamed, Love, like a tiger, unfed, unashamed, Love, like a river of fire. Love, like a fountain of diamonds, uprises, Striking the sky with its blossom of flame ; Falls in a rain of bright snow that surprises Dews of the grass with a sound of acclaim ; Singing, a silver-string lyre, Magical chants to awake from their prison Spirits to answer desire. Demons from palaces fiery arisen Now to obey us are dying ; All the old leaves of the winter fall fast, Swept by the wide-waving wing of the blast On to a haven undying. Here, on the breast of the summer, reposes Lover by lover, together, alone. Here do I rest, in a garden of roses, Here, in the heaven of earth, with my own. Earth in our: joy is rejoicing. Dances the sun as we kiss in his despite ; Star unto star still is voicing Marvels of song, till the moon for a respite Tunes her low lute to the even, - While we lie still, as eternities wend